Bottle from De Molen beershop. Clear amber pour with small lacy white head. Aroma is quite tropical, perfumy, signature Mont Saleve super fruity perfumy aroma, nice malty toastiness though brings some depth. Taste is sweet, tropical, nice caramel, with a rather mild bitterness, but enough to be noticed and cut through the maltiness nicely. Palate is med bodied, slightly boozy with light carbonation. Not the most exciting IPA ever, but enjoyable.

330ml bottle served in a pint glass.
Pours a beige very cloudy color forming a medium light and bubbled light beige head wit medium retention and some few lingering lacings left in the glass. Very dirty with lots of chunks of yeasts floating inside. Smell is very malty and mainly grassy. Very earthy too. Pale malts, crystal malts and grassy hops. Taste follows the nose: A very malty and hoppy beer. Good medium bitterness. Grapefruit and grass. Very Cascade character. Very earthy end. Medium body. Medium to low carbonation. Grassy and citrus in the aftertaste. Persistent grassy notes.
Could be a little bit less dirty and yeasty. Hops profile could be also less grassy. In any case, a great French IPA.

Very nice IPA created by La brasserie du Mont Salève. I really like their beer because of the big notes of dry hoping, and it is what we find in the India Pale Ale, with pleasure. The bitterness is prononced but does not hide the malty notes, it is the perfect dose for an India Pale Ale and it is for guy who are not very sensible to bitterness (like I) seek this taste.

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